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TIL you should never defragment a solid-state drive (SSD)
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TIL Turkish counterfeiters were once busted for faking popsicle sticks. They allegedly exchanged the sticks for free ice cream, then sold the ice cream at half-price. They were active for 3 years, but were caught when a local ice cream firm noticed they were receiving more sticks than they produced.
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TIL about NUFORC, the National UFO Reporting Center, which receives now hundreds of reported sightings each month. Here’s an interesting one I found from 1955:
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TIL In 2021 a new species of fish was identified that has the smallest adult brain size of all known vertebrates. It's also the loudest of all known fish relative to its size.
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TIL There is a prevalent african myth that sex with a virgin will cure HIV/AIDS. Because of this, one million women and children are raped each year.
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TIL there's only 8 species of bears in the world: brown bears, Asian black bears, American black bears, sun bears, sloth bears, spectacled bears, polar bears, and giant pandas.